Non-profit hospital CEOs and other executives received very high compensation increases on average this year, far outpacing wage growth for ordinary workers.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140809/MAGAZINE/308099987/1135&utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=am&AllowView=VXQ0UnpwZTVBdlNYL1I3TkErT1lBajNja0U4VUF1WlVFQk1JQXc9PQ==?mhA Deloitte brief examines trends and potential for eVisits--the use of online communication technology for provider/patient interactions.
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MedAssets, a large group purchasing organization, has acquired SG2 for $142 million. SG2 provides consulting and related services to health systems. This year has seen several expansions by GPOs into new lines of business as their core purchasing services have slowed.
http://ir.medassets.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=865977TelePharm has received a $2.5 million investment to aid its business of providing telepharmacy services to rural drug stores.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/telepharm-pulls-2-5m-get-rural-pharmacies-connected/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=71d16efee7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-71d16efee7-67677117Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that the hospital pay-for-performance program adopted in England did not lead to sustained improvement in mortality rates.
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According to Aetna and Cigna, a significant portion of the enrollees front the exchanges have dropped coverage since enrolling. In Aetna's case, it has lost a quarter of its 700,000 enrollees.
http://news.investors.com/politics-obamacare/081114-712602-obamacare-enrollment-falling-aetna-says.htm?ref=HPLNewsA Deloitte Center for Health Solutions analysis of filings to date for individual policies sold on the insurance exchanges finds that 2015 rates will rise an average of 8.2% to a monthly mean of $385. Very affordable and such a modest increase when wages are rising at about 1% to 2%.
http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/health-research-institute/aca-state-exchanges.jhtmlThe new health insurance exchange policies don't offer particularly high levels of coverage, as revealed in a report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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